US 12,004,713 B2
Connection body of an endoscope and method for assembling an endoscope
Alrun Thuemen, Hamburg (DE); Uwe Schoeler, Hoisdorf (DE); and Jens Schnitger, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/371,236.
Application 17/371,236 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/050066, filed on Jan. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019100395.4 (DE), filed on Jan. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0330176 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00124 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00128 (2013.01); H05K 1/189 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10053 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connection body for use with an endoscope, the connection body providing an electrical connection between at least one electrical component arranged in a proximal end region of the endoscope and an internal electrical connection provided in the proximal end region, the connection body comprising:
a dimensionally stable three-dimensional circuit carrier comprising conductor tracks: and
a flexible elongate circuit board;
wherein in a first region of the circuit carrier, the at least one electrical component is mechanically directly connected to the circuit carrier and is contacted by the conductor tracks provided in the circuit carrier;
in a second region of the circuit carrier, which differs from the first region, a first end of the circuit board is mechanically directly connected to the circuit carrier and contacts the conductor tracks for electrical connection to the at least one electrical component; and
a second end of the circuit board, which is opposite the first end in a longitudinal direction of the circuit board, at least indirectly contacts the internal electrical connection.